CHABLIS PREMIER CRU VAUCOUPIN
TASTING
The nose is fruity, elegant and offers a slight gourmandise. It reveals notes
of ripe lemon, ripe clementine ans slight hints of yellow plum associated with a hint of fresh peach as well as a subtle hint of zests.
The palate is fruity, fresh, well-balanced, well-built, racy and offers a beautiful acid frame, a beautiful suavity, elegance, a slight straigthness, roundness as well as a beautiful matter. In the mouth this wine expresses notes of ripe lemon, ripe peach and slight notes of clementine associated with hints of flowers as well as a subtle hint of apple, flint and a subtle hint of ripe mirabelle.
Good length and persistence
Botlle ageing : 8 - 10 years
Serving: 11°C - 12°C - Decanting optional
Enjoy it with grilled fish or fish in sauce, grilled white meats or white meats in crem-based sauces
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100% Chardonnay
Village of Chichée,
South Exposure
Kimmeridgian clay and limestone
40 years
5 800 vines per Hectare
Guyot double
52 hl/ha
Ecological, based on respect for the earth
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12,5%
less than 1.00 g/L
90 mg/l en total
4,6 g/H2SO4
WINE MAKING
- Mechanical harvest
- Natural yeast.
- Direct pressing, cold settling. Controlled fermentation temperature (16-18 ° C) for the tank
- Alcoholic fermentation and malolactic completed in stainless steel
- Maturing on fine lees from November to mid April.
- Collage and filtration before bottling.
- Thermoregulation allows fermentation at low temperature in order to develop the flavors. The wine is 100% stainless steel tanks to preserve freshness and fruitiness of the wine.
- Bottled by us at the Estate.
AWARDS
Wine Enthusiast : Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2020 91/100
Wine Spectator, June 2021 : Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2019 94/100
Concours général Agricole Paris 2020 : médaille de Bronze Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2018
The
Wine Enthusiast dec 2019 : Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2018 91/100
Concours des vins de Chablis 2020 : Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2018 Nominé
Vinous Neal Martin : Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2017 90/100
The Wine Enthusiast dec 2018 : Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2017 90/100
Guide hachette 2019 : Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2016
Selection à la cave de prestige du BIVB 2018 : Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2016
The Wine Enthusiast dec 2017 : Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2016 92/100
Burghound nov 2017 : Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2016 91/100
Guide Bettane et Dessauve 2017 : 15,5/20
Wine Enthusiast dec 2016 : Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2015 92/100
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui Guide d'achat : Sélection Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2014 15/20
Wine Enthusiast February 2016 : Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2013 91/100
Selection à la cave de prestige du BIVB 2015 : Chablis Premier cru Vaucoupin 2013
DOMAINE CELINE ET FREDERIC GUEGUEN
5 bis, rue Jules Rathier - 89800 CHABLIS
BOURGOGNE, FRANCE
contact@chablis-gueguen.fr
03 86 81 52 56